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		<title>Comment on Scottish Public Services Ombudsman &#8216;not worth a farthing&#8217; by Trevor</title>
		<link>http://ombudsmanwatchers.org.uk/blogs/?p=296&#038;cpage=1#comment-166</link>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s more than the Local Government Ombudsmen are worth and they cost the taxpayer over £16 million.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s more than the Local Government Ombudsmen are worth and they cost the taxpayer over £16 million.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Live Case Study by Trevor</title>
		<link>http://ombudsmanwatchers.org.uk/blogs/?p=264&#038;cpage=1#comment-165</link>
		<dc:creator>Trevor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>During the investigation into my complaint the LGO were told by the Council concerned that a member of staff had left the Council and couldn&#039;t be contacted. This was a blatant lie, the member of staff was just moved to a different department when they got wind of the investigation. Although I brought this blatant lie to the attention of the LGO, even giving them his new contact details within the Council,  they didn&#039;t admonish or criticise the Council for lying. 

You stand no chance whilst the LGO 

1) accept council lies without validation.

2) ignore concrete evidence of council staff lying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During the investigation into my complaint the LGO were told by the Council concerned that a member of staff had left the Council and couldn&#8217;t be contacted. This was a blatant lie, the member of staff was just moved to a different department when they got wind of the investigation. Although I brought this blatant lie to the attention of the LGO, even giving them his new contact details within the Council,  they didn&#8217;t admonish or criticise the Council for lying. </p>
<p>You stand no chance whilst the LGO </p>
<p>1) accept council lies without validation.</p>
<p>2) ignore concrete evidence of council staff lying.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Live Case Study by ann</title>
		<link>http://ombudsmanwatchers.org.uk/blogs/?p=264&#038;cpage=1#comment-164</link>
		<dc:creator>ann</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is also critical to obtain a list of the documents the LGO refuse to give you, together with a reason for their refusal.</description>
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		<title>Comment on LGO derisory awards by shadow</title>
		<link>http://ombudsmanwatchers.org.uk/blogs/?p=181&#038;cpage=1#comment-144</link>
		<dc:creator>shadow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Unfortunately a technical issue delayed this post. It should have appeared a couple of months ago but due to off-site content filtering it was seriously delayed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately a technical issue delayed this post. It should have appeared a couple of months ago but due to off-site content filtering it was seriously delayed.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Number 10 petition website loses integrity! by Aku</title>
		<link>http://ombudsmanwatchers.org.uk/blogs/?p=151&#038;cpage=1#comment-92</link>
		<dc:creator>Aku</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We are definitely living in a banana republic.  The expenses scandal and the banking crisis are just small glimpses into the reality under the veneer of a so called civilised society

The criminals who are running this country are clearly looking after themselves and their friends.  

The only difference between Britain and other notoriously corrupt rackets is that those running Britain have managed to deceive the world into believing that Britain is an open, fair and civilised democracy. Nothing can be further from the truth. The gimmicks and tools which have been successfully used to pull off this big con include, the laws of the land and organisations which are supposed to regulate, uphhold or enforce them.  These include the LGO, commissions and the police who  pretend to regulate, enforce and uphold the law.
 
Like most of its kind, the LGO really exists to protect those running the rackets and is more likely to harm you than to help you.  

Unfortunately the deception of the public has been so successful that most honest and law abiding  citizen would not believe that Britain is a banana republic until they have tried to use the judicial system( ie the police, LGO, commissions and/or the courts ) and are left high and dry.

As things stand, the only real option for getting justice in this society is to expose the smoke screens, which include the LGO, by educating ourselves and spreading the truth about the judical system.

Hopefully, by spreading the truth, we can change the current judicial system into what it should be (ie honest, fair, just and accessible to all irrespective of your status, position or income).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are definitely living in a banana republic.  The expenses scandal and the banking crisis are just small glimpses into the reality under the veneer of a so called civilised society</p>
<p>The criminals who are running this country are clearly looking after themselves and their friends.  </p>
<p>The only difference between Britain and other notoriously corrupt rackets is that those running Britain have managed to deceive the world into believing that Britain is an open, fair and civilised democracy. Nothing can be further from the truth. The gimmicks and tools which have been successfully used to pull off this big con include, the laws of the land and organisations which are supposed to regulate, uphhold or enforce them.  These include the LGO, commissions and the police who  pretend to regulate, enforce and uphold the law.</p>
<p>Like most of its kind, the LGO really exists to protect those running the rackets and is more likely to harm you than to help you.  </p>
<p>Unfortunately the deception of the public has been so successful that most honest and law abiding  citizen would not believe that Britain is a banana republic until they have tried to use the judicial system( ie the police, LGO, commissions and/or the courts ) and are left high and dry.</p>
<p>As things stand, the only real option for getting justice in this society is to expose the smoke screens, which include the LGO, by educating ourselves and spreading the truth about the judical system.</p>
<p>Hopefully, by spreading the truth, we can change the current judicial system into what it should be (ie honest, fair, just and accessible to all irrespective of your status, position or income).</p>
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		<title>Comment on Number 10 petition website loses integrity! by Shalom Family Camapign for Social Justice</title>
		<link>http://ombudsmanwatchers.org.uk/blogs/?p=151&#038;cpage=1#comment-81</link>
		<dc:creator>Shalom Family Camapign for Social Justice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Number 10 petition website loses integrity!&quot;.... maybe it never had any at all in the first place?

 Our Family experience so far, despite listening to the refular guff that the right hon&#039; rebles utter in Parliament  AND the house of Commons, is that it works like this. If the no. 10 Downing Street Petition website operators (unelected no doubt) don&#039;t like the question you send them........then it gets rejected as something whoich has been submitted in a language too difficult for THEM to understand.

As in so much of Her Majesty&#039;s &#039;democratic - for the people&#039; -&#039;open&#039; Government, it is so very often unaccountable. Bullying is very much alive in the so called United Kingdom because that&#039;s what this precious island was built on, and ultimately what keeps it, and those at the top, on the top!

Peace and goodwill to all.

The Shalom Family

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Number 10 petition website loses integrity!&#8221;&#8230;. maybe it never had any at all in the first place?</p>
<p> Our Family experience so far, despite listening to the refular guff that the right hon&#8217; rebles utter in Parliament  AND the house of Commons, is that it works like this. If the no. 10 Downing Street Petition website operators (unelected no doubt) don&#8217;t like the question you send them&#8230;&#8230;..then it gets rejected as something whoich has been submitted in a language too difficult for THEM to understand.</p>
<p>As in so much of Her Majesty&#8217;s &#8216;democratic &#8211; for the people&#8217; -&#8217;open&#8217; Government, it is so very often unaccountable. Bullying is very much alive in the so called United Kingdom because that&#8217;s what this precious island was built on, and ultimately what keeps it, and those at the top, on the top!</p>
<p>Peace and goodwill to all.</p>
<p>The Shalom Family</p>
<p>XX</p>
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		<title>Comment on New LGO by Guy</title>
		<link>http://ombudsmanwatchers.org.uk/blogs/?p=158&#038;cpage=1#comment-66</link>
		<dc:creator>Guy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You are right to call them perverse.  I know of an ombudsman telling a family that to not grant a planning application for housing would have been perverse using that exact word, as a previous application had been permitted.  However the second application made use of third party land therefore a certificate B under the town and country planning act section 66 should have been served, the third party land was owned by the family.  The ombudsman actually told the family that the perversion was not in the allowance of the passing of the application rather than not following the Law.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are right to call them perverse.  I know of an ombudsman telling a family that to not grant a planning application for housing would have been perverse using that exact word, as a previous application had been permitted.  However the second application made use of third party land therefore a certificate B under the town and country planning act section 66 should have been served, the third party land was owned by the family.  The ombudsman actually told the family that the perversion was not in the allowance of the passing of the application rather than not following the Law.</p>
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		<title>Comment on 200th person signs Graham&#8217;s petition by Philip Jinman</title>
		<link>http://ombudsmanwatchers.org.uk/blogs/?p=143&#038;cpage=1#comment-65</link>
		<dc:creator>Philip Jinman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Complaint against Braintree District Council for failure to keep promises and intentions. LGO would not investigate and condoned BDC breaking their promises and intentions.

Tony Redmond will not reply to e-mails or letters, does he exist?

They are not impartial and should be disbanded as they support local council&#039;s

We are  still suffering from Braintree&#039;s District Council&#039;s incompetence of over a year ago with cars parked in our close encouraged there by BDC

They made all sorts of promises and intentions to placate the residents but kept none of them 

Doug Thorpe thinks its OK for BDC to break promises and Tony Redmond remains silent</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Complaint against Braintree District Council for failure to keep promises and intentions. LGO would not investigate and condoned BDC breaking their promises and intentions.</p>
<p>Tony Redmond will not reply to e-mails or letters, does he exist?</p>
<p>They are not impartial and should be disbanded as they support local council&#8217;s</p>
<p>We are  still suffering from Braintree&#8217;s District Council&#8217;s incompetence of over a year ago with cars parked in our close encouraged there by BDC</p>
<p>They made all sorts of promises and intentions to placate the residents but kept none of them </p>
<p>Doug Thorpe thinks its OK for BDC to break promises and Tony Redmond remains silent</p>
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		<title>Comment on LGO website time travel index now open by Vanity 866</title>
		<link>http://ombudsmanwatchers.org.uk/blogs/?p=116&#038;cpage=1#comment-63</link>
		<dc:creator>Vanity 866</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, I come across this website by on a fluke when I was exploring on Google then I came to your website. I have to say your site is very cool I just love the theme!  don?t have any time at the current moment to read your website web sitebut I have bookmarked it. I will be back in a day or two. Thanks for a great site.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Last few days to sign the latest petition by TAMAZINE GARDENER</title>
		<link>http://ombudsmanwatchers.org.uk/blogs/?p=141&#038;cpage=1#comment-53</link>
		<dc:creator>TAMAZINE GARDENER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>IF GOVERNMENT NEED TO AXE PUBLIC SERVICES THEN IT SHOULD BE THE OMBUDSMAN BECAUSE THEY ARE IN FACT A WASTE OF TIME AND A NUISANCE TO SOCIETY. THE TAX PAYER SHOULD NOT BE FORCED INTO FUND THESE TYPES OF  BROTHERHOOD ORGANISATION. PEOPLE WORK HARD TO FUND THESE ORGANISATION AND PAY PEOPLE TO DO NOTHING. TO ADD SALT TO THE WOUND THEY ARE LEGALLY PROTECTED.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IF GOVERNMENT NEED TO AXE PUBLIC SERVICES THEN IT SHOULD BE THE OMBUDSMAN BECAUSE THEY ARE IN FACT A WASTE OF TIME AND A NUISANCE TO SOCIETY. THE TAX PAYER SHOULD NOT BE FORCED INTO FUND THESE TYPES OF  BROTHERHOOD ORGANISATION. PEOPLE WORK HARD TO FUND THESE ORGANISATION AND PAY PEOPLE TO DO NOTHING. TO ADD SALT TO THE WOUND THEY ARE LEGALLY PROTECTED.</p>
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